Friday, December 14, 2012

THE SCHOOL SHOOTING...

FRANKLY I'VE TURNED OFF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING MENTALLY...  

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT...

ITS JUST TOO BIZARRE AND UPSETTING...

I DON'T LIKE GAWKING AT THE FREAKISH AND THE HORRIFIC...

AND THIS INCIDENT WAS OVER THE TOP...

ITS NOT UNLIKE THE INCIDENT IN SCANDINAVIA A FEW YEARS AGO...  BUT THIS IS CLOSER TO HOME...

SOMEHOW...AMERICAN SOCIETY HAS "GIVEN PERMISSION" FOR THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR...  

WHEN ITS PUSHED ON FOX AND BY HATE RADIO...RIGHT UP TO THE POINT OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO 'ACT OUT'...

VIOLENCE AS ENTERTAINMENT IS COMMON PLACE IN AMERICAN MEDIA...  

IN MANY ANCIENT CULTURES MYTHIC VIOLENCE WAS OFTEN RESERVE FOR THE HEROES AGAINST THE DEMONS...

ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ROMANS AND THE AZTECS BOTH OF WHOM MAKE VIOLENCE A FORM OF STATE SANCTION ENTERTAINMENT...

STILL THIS WAS THE WORK OF ONE VERY TWISTED PERSON IN THE END...  

...BUT WHO SOMEHOW TOOK HIS CUES FROM THE CULTURE AROUND HIM...